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Dramatic Structure
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
12/13/2010

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Dramatizations 
Definition
The actions.  What is shown.  
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EXPOSITION
Definition
WHATS REVEALED ONLY IN DIALOGUE 
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STATEMENTS
Definition
OPINIONS AND QUESTIONS THAT ARE ILLUSTRATED BY THE DRAMATIZATION.  
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ACTIONS/OBJECTIVES
Definition
WHAT CHARACTERS WANT THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO GET.  SUB-ACTIONS OF LARGER ACTIONS
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TURNING POINTS
Definition
EVENTS WHICH MAKE THE OBJECTIVES CHANGE
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LINEARITY 
Definition
CAUSE AND EFFECT.  WHEN THINGS HAPPEN TELL YOU WHY THINGS HAPPEN.
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MULTIPLE PLOTS
Definition
EACH PLOT HAS ITS OWN ACTIONS AND TURNING POINTS.  
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THE ENDING
Definition
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF ANY SCRIPT.  WHATS IT DRAMATIZED.  
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CLIMAXES
Definition
EMOTIONAL HIGH POINTS.  
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THE BEGINNING 
Definition
WHAT IDEAS ARE INTRODUCED. 
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THE WORLD OF THE PLAY
Definition
EVERY PLAY HAS ITS OWN SOCIETY.  WHAT RULES ARE IN THIS PLAY AND WHAT DO THEY TELL YOU.
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LONG SPEECHES
Definition
WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT.  WHAT IDEAS ARE DEVELOPED.
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THEMES
Definition
IDEAS RUNNING THROUGH THE PLAY INCLUDING THROUGH ITS STORY.  
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MOTIFS
Definition
RECURENT IMAGES.  ANYTHING THAT IS REPEATED, BUT NOT PART OF THE STORY.  
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JUXTAPOSITIONS
Definition
COMPARE SCENES, IMAGES, EVENTS, ANY TWO THINGS THAT FOLLOW EACH OTHER.  
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SEQUENCE 
Definition
THE ORDER THAT INFORMATION IS REVEALED AFFECTS MEANING.  
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ANALOGUES
Definition
SIMILAR SITUATIONS, RELATIONSHIPS, CHARACTERS.  
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FOILS
Definition
WHOSE FUNCTIONS IS TO BE CONTRASTED WITH ANOTHER CHARACTER.
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REFLECTORS
Definition
GIVE PERSPECTIVE ON OPINIONS, ON OHTER CHARACTERS OR IDEAS OR EVENTS. 
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RAISONNEURS
Definition
WHOSE PURPOSE IN THE PLAT IS TO SPEAK COMMON SENSE WISDOM.  
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DRAMATIC QUESTIONS
Definition
QUESTIONS IN THE MIND OF THE AUDIENCE ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. 
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DRAMATIC IRONY
Definition
IRONY RESULTING FROM THE THE AUDIENCE KNOWING MORE THATN THE CHARACTERS.
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SUBTEXT
Definition
WHAT CHARACTERS ARE THINKING IN THE PLAY THAT THEY ARE NOT SAYING.
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EXPRESSIONISM
Definition
DISTORTION TO SHOW FEELINGS
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DRAMATIC CONFLICT
Definition
WHEN AN ACTION HITS AN OBSTACLE; WHEN A CHARACTER WANTS SOMETHING THEY CANT HAVE.
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LINEAR FORM
Definition
EPISODES ARE CHRONOLOGICAL AND CASUALLY CONNECTED
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CLASSICAL 
Definition
A MAIN CHARACTER PURSUES A GOAL TO AN OUTCOME
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EPISODIC
Definition
EPISODES ARE CHRONOLOGICAL BUT NOT CAUSALLY CONNECTED.
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NON-LINEAR
Definition
CHRONOLOGY IS JUMBLED 
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INCITING INCIDENT
Definition
EVENT THAT CUASES THE MAIN CHARACTERS SUPER-OBJECTIVE.  WHERE THE STORY REALLY BEGINS
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PROGRESSIVE COMPLICATIONS
Definition
EVENTS THAT PREVENT THE MAIN CHARACTER FROM ACHIEVING HIS/HER GOAL
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THE CRISIS
Definition
MOST IMPORTANT DECISION IN THE PLAY.
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THE STORY CLIMAX
Definition
THE FINAL CONFRONTATION
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THE RESOLUTION
Definition
OUTCOME EVENT RESULTING FROM THE CLIMAX.  
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CHARACTER ARC
Definition
THE CHANGE IN PERSPECTIVE UNDERGONE BY A CHARACTER
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TRAGEDY 
Definition
SERIOUS, AROUSES PITY AND FEAR, DOWNFALL OF PROTAGONIST IS RESULT OF HIS/HER OWN ACTIONS, TRIUMPH OF A LARGER COSMIC ORDER.
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DRAMA
Definition
SERIOUS, AROUSES PITY AND GEAR, THREE DIMENSIONAL CHARACTER, CARACTER MORE IMPORTANT THAN PLOT.  
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MELODRAMA
Definition
CHARACTER LESS 3-D, CLEARLY DEFINED VILLAINS AND HEROES, SITUATIONS AROUSE PITY AND FEAR.  SUBGENRES: ACTIONS/ADVENTURES, MYSTERIES, WESTERNS, SCIENCE-FICTION, HORROR, CRIMES, TEARJERKERS, SOAP OPERAS.
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COMEDY
Definition
LIGHT IN TONE, LESS SERIOUS, HAPPY ENDINGS, INTEDED TO AMUSE.  
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FARCE
Definition
UNSERIOUS.  TWO DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS, PLOT DOMINATES CHARACTER.  SITUATIONS ARE LUDICROUS. =SPOOFS.  
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THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN SEEING A PLAY
Definition

A SCRIPT IS A BLUE-PRINT FOR AN AUDIO-VISUAL EXPERIENCE THAT TAKES PLACE IN TIME. 

WE NEED TO MAKE CONSCIOUS FOR OURSELVES WHAT MAY BE SUBCONSCIOUS FOR THE AUDIENCE 

ART IS COMMUNICATION.  

NOTHING IS ARBITRARY

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READ PLAYS DONT READ INTO THEM
Definition
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